Category: Beauty

You’d think we’d be past this by now, but some beauty standards just won’t quit. They’ve been rebranded, softened, or disguised as “self-care,” but the message is still the same: be flawless, but make it look effortless. From bouncing back after birth to pretending your skin never breaks out, these pressures are so baked into culture that many women don’t even notice how much they’re performing. This isn’t about shaming anyone who wants to feel beautiful-it’s about naming the unspoken rules that keep so many of us chasing goals that were never realistic to begin with. If you’ve ever felt quietly exhausted by all of it, you’re not imagining things.